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Detroit Lions training camp observations: Extra reps for young guys

Shawn Windsor, Dave Birkett and George Stoia share their thoughts after Day 4 of Detroit Lions training camp on Monday, July 30, 2018, in Allen Park. Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press

Jim Schwartz used to call it "young guns," a period he reserved for the end of every training camp practice as a way to get the first- and second-year players fighting for spots at the back of the Detroit Lions' 90-man roster more work.

If Matt Patricia has a name for it, he didn't say Monday, but the concept is the same.